Sexually Selected Male Plumage Color Is Testosterone Dependent in a Tropical Passerine Bird, the Red-Backed Fairy-Wren (Malurus melanocephalus)

Bill coloration, a flexible signal in a tropical passerine bird, is regulated by social environment and androgens

(2011) Jordan Karubian et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Plumage coloration, ejaculate quality and reproductive phenotype in the red-backed fairy-wren

(2010) Melissah Rowe et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Offspring sex ratios reflect lack of repayment by auxiliary males in a cooperatively breeding passerine

(2010) Claire W. Varian-Ramos et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Differential effects of testosterone, dihydrotestosterone and estradiol on carotenoid deposition in an avian sexually selected signal

(2010) Stefania Casagrande et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Yolk testosterone shapes the expression of a melanin-based signal in great tits: an antioxidant-mediated mechanism?

(2010) I. Galvan et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Plumage colour acquisition and behaviour are associated with androgens in a phenotypically plastic tropical bird

(2009) Willow R. Lindsay et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Testosterone increases UV reflectance of sexually selected crown plumage in male blue tits

(2009) Mark L. Roberts et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Is testosterone immunosuppressive in a condition-dependent manner? An experimental test in blue tits

(2009) M. Roberts et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Carotenoid maintenance handicap and the physiology of carotenoid-based signalisation of health

(2009) Michal Vinkler et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

The effects of delayed plumage maturation on aggression and survival in male red-backed fairy-wrens

(2008) Jordan Karubian et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Plumage color and reproduction in the red-backed fairy-wren: Why be a dull breeder?

(2008) M. S. Webster et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Testosterone and melanin-based black plumage coloration: a comparative study

(2008) Veronika Bókony et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

CAROTENOIDS IN THE SEMINAL FLUID OF WILD BIRDS: INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION IN FAIRY-WRENS

(2008) MELISSAH ROWE et al.   CONDOR

Experimental manipulation of testosterone and condition during molt affects activity and vocalizations of male blue tits

(2008) Ralf H.J.M. Kurvers et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Changes in breeding status are associated with rapid bill darkening in male red-backed fairy-wrens Malurus melanocephalus

(2008) Jordan Karubian   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY